Section 1.
Section seven hundred seventy and seven hundred seventy-one of the
Revised Administrative Code are hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 770.
Inhibition against practicing medicine by uncertificated persons. — No
persons shall practice medicine in the Philippines without having
previously obtained the proper certificate of registration issued by
the Board of Medical Examiners as herein constituted, or the lawful
Board which was its predecessor, except as hereinafter stated in this
section and in the next following section of this Act.cralaw
"A person shall be considered to practice medicine within the meaning
of this section, who shall, for compensation or reward or even without
the same diagnose, treat, operate, prescribe remedies for any human
disease, injury, deformity, physical or mental condition or anylment,
real or supposed, regardless of the nature of the remedy or treatment
used or recommended, or who shall, by means of signs, cards,
advertisements, or in any other way either offer or undertake by any
means or method to diagnose, treat, manipulate, adjust, operate, or
prescribe for any human disease, pain, injury, deformity, physical or
mental condition.cralaw
"This section shall not be construed to affect commissioned medical
officers serving in the U.S. Army, Navy, or Public Health Service in
the discharge of their duties or medical officers of the United States
Veterans Administration, Manila Regional Office, in the discharge of
their duties in accordance with governing rules and regulations of said
U. S. Veterans Administration: Provided, however, That not more than
three medical officers of the U. S. Veterans Administration shall be
allowed this exemption, and that said medical officers of the U. S.
Veterans Administration shall submit their names and qualifications to
the Board of Medical Examiners for registration; or any one serving
without professional fees as interns on the resident staff of any
legally incorporated hospital; or the furnishing of medicine by
authorized Government employees in Government free dispensaries; or any
legally registered dentist exclusively engaged in practicing dentistry;
or the application of massage whenever advised by duly registered
physicians or limited to hygienic or aesthetic purposes; or any persons
who mechanically fits or sells lenses, artificial eyes; limbs or other
apparatus or appliances, or is engaged in the mechanical examination of
eyes, for the purpose of constructing or adjusting spectacles,
eyeglasses, and lenses; or the furnishing of medical assistance
gratuitously in case of emergency or in places where the services of
the duly qualified physician, midwife, or nurse are not available or
the administration of family remedies; or the practice of chiropody."
"Sec. 771. Persons exempt from registration. —
Registration shall not be required of the following classes of persons:
(a) Physicians and surgeons from other countries
called in consultation.cralaw
(b) Medical students who are practicing medicine
under the direct supervision of a duly registered physician.cralaw
(c) Medical officers of the U. S. Army, U. S. Navy,
or the U. S. Public Health Service, or the U. S. Veterans
Administration while the latter are engaged in the discharge of their
duties in accordance with governing rules and regulations of the
veterans administration.cralaw
(d) Foreigners employed as technical officers or
professors in such special branches of medicine or surgery as may, in
the judgment of the Secretary of (Public Instruction) Education, be
necessary and indispensable in the Philippines.cralaw
(c) In cases of epidemics or in municipalities where
there is no legally qualified practicing physician, or when the
circumstances require it, in the interest of the public health, the
Director of Health may issue special authorizations, to all medical
students who have completed the first three years of their studies, or
to persons who have qualified in medicine, and to graduate or
registered nurses, who may request it."
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.cralaw
Approved: June 22, 1957
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